Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is pleased to announce to all stakeholders and the public of the successful restoration of Tedzani Unit 5, adding 31 Megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity to Malawi’s national electricity grid. The Unit had been out of service since December 2024 due to faulty generator. Its restoration works involved protracted procurement of specialized materials...
POWER GENERATION UPDATE Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public that we have successfully made partial restoration of previously faulty machines. As of 19:25 hrs. yesterday, Nkula B Unit 5 (20 MW) was brought back online. This means that from our hydropower plants, only Tedzani III Unit 5 (31 MW) remains out of...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to inform all stakeholders and the public that Unit 3 at Kapichira Hydropower Station has developed a technical fault effectively taking out 26MW in the generation system. Our engineers are currently working to establish and resolve the problem. Meanwhile, the other 3 Units (97.2MW) at the station are running and supplying power...
DISCLOSURE NOTICE The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO), through the Ministry of Energy of the Government of Malawi, is implementing the Rehabilitation and Modernization Works of Nkula B Hydropower Plant Project with the support from the African Development Bank. The project will be implemented at Nkula Hydro Power Station, T/A Symon in Neno District for a period of 41...
DISCLOSURE NOTICE The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO), through the Ministry of Energy of the Government of Malawi, is implementing the Rehabilitation and Modernization Works of Kapichira 1 Hydropower Plant Project with the support from the African Development Bank. The project will be implemented at Kapichira Hydro Power Station, T/A Kasisi in Chikhwawa District for a period of 22...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update all stakeholders and the public on the status of hydropower generation. As of 6 May 2025, the status is as follows Nkula Power Stations All units at Nkula A and Nkula B are operational, except for one 20MW unit at Nkula B, which is currently experiencing a technical fault. Our teams are...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to update the public and all stakeholders that it has successfully completed the maintenance works that it was undertaking at Nkula Power Station during the easter holidays from 22:00 hours on Thursday, 17 April 2025. The maintenance work involved demolishing a wall of concrete piles at Nkula A intake that was affecting power...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Ltd (EGENCO) wishes to inform the public of a planned maintenance outage at Nkula A and B Power Stations. This maintenance work is scheduled to take place from 22:00 hours on Thursday, April 17, 2025, to 17:00 hours on Monday, April 21, 2025. The maintenance work will involve the removal of remnant coffer dam secant...
Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) wishes to notify all stakeholders and the public that there will be an outage of Tedzani Power station on Sunday, 1 December 2024 from 07h00 to 16h00 to facilitate removal of trash from course and fine screens at Tedzani intake. The outage of Tedzani will result in unavailability of 121MW generation capacity to...
The Electricity Generation Company (Malawi) Limited (EGENCO) is informing all stakeholders and the general public that it will carry out planned maintenance works at its Nkula Power Station on Sunday, 17 November 2024, from 5 O’clock in the morning to 5 O’clock in the evening. The works will involve repairing of a damaged spillway gate and installation new fine...
